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The increasing sophistication of partisan gerrymandering
1:30 AM on Mar 20, 2021 CDTA decade ago, sweeping Republican 2010 midterm election triumphs enabled GOP governors and legislatures to enact redistricting plans designed to give their party a U.S. House majority for the next decade.They mostly succeeded. But in 2018, demographic changes and President Donald Trump’s unpopularity among suburban voters helped Democrats regain their House majority, and they narrowly held it in 2020.Now, after fending off concerted Democratic state-level campaign efforts last year, GOP lawmakers are working to produce a similar result, again using a playbook that...…1:30 AM on Mar 20, 2021 CDTA decade ago, sweeping Republican 2010 midterm election triumphs enabled GOP governors and legislatures to enact redistricting plans designed to give their party a U.S. House majority for the next decade.They mostly succeeded. But in 2018, demographic changes and President Donald Trump’s unpopularity among suburban voters helped Democrats regain their House majority, and they narrowly held it in 2020.Now, after fending off concerted Democratic state-level campaign efforts last year, GOP lawmakers are working to produce a similar result, again using a playbook that...WW…
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